Modeling Entrepreneurial Intention Based On The Climate of Sports Science Faculties And Students' Entrepreneurial Skills

Peymanfar, Mohamad Hasan; Akbarian, Mahdi; Noorani, Seyede Zahra

doi:10.61186/JRSM.14.27.224

Modeling Entrepreneurial Intention Based On The Climate of Sports Science Faculties And Students' Entrepreneurial Skills

Authors

Mohamad Hasan peymanfar ¹

mahdi akbarian ²

Seyede Zahra Noorani ²

¹ Physical Education and Sport Science Faculty, Asisstante professor of sport management, Kharazmi University, Tehran, Iran.

² Master's degree in Sports Marketing Management, Kharazmi University, Tehran, Iran.

https://doi.org/10.61186/JRSM.14.27.224

Abstract

One of the most practical fields of entrepreneurship is sports and the sports industry. Therefore, educating of expert entrepreneurs can play an important role in the dynamics of this field. The research method of the present study was descriptive of the correlation type and based on structural equation modeling. The statistical population of the research included undergraduate students of universities in Tehran province including (Tehran University, Shahid Beheshti University, Kharazmi University, Al-Zahra University, Allameh Tabatabai University) in the academic year 2022-2023, 400 people were selected using stratified random sampling method. The tools of this research included university climate questionnaires (Luthje and Frank, 2004), entrepreneurial skills (Linan, 2008) and entrepreneurial intention (Linan and Chen, 2009). The data were analyzed using the structural equation modeling method. The findings showed that the variable of faculty climate had a positive and significant effect on the variables of entrepreneurial intention and skill, and the variable of entrepreneurial skill had a positive and significant effect on the variable of entrepreneurial intention. The climate of universities can be a platform for the development of entrepreneurial skills and capabilities of people, and this factor increases their entrepreneurial intention with the effect it has on people's skills in the field of entrepreneurial capabilities.

Keywords

Graduates

Sports Industry

Sports Sciences

Sustainable Employment